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The Bulletin

Rubio's Speech, Nancy Guthrie Missing, and Summer of Our Discontent

The Bulletin

Christianity Today

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.4586 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the Munich Security Conference, calling Europe to a “new Western century.” The New York Times reports 57 cases of measles at a Catholic college in Florida and 50 students quarantined at a SBC-affiliated university in South Carolina due to a separate outbreak. And, NBC host Savannah Guthrie pleads for her mother’s release two weeks after she went missing. Mike Cosper and Clarissa Moll discuss these headlines, and then Mike talks with The Atlantic’s Thomas Chatterton Williams about race and identity since George Floyd’s murder in 2020. REFERENCED IN THE SHOW: Summer of Our Discontent by Thomas Chatterton Williams GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Thomas Chatterton Williams is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Losing My Cool and Self-Portrait in Black and White. He is a visiting professor of humanities and senior fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College, a 2022 Guggenheim fellow, and a non-resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Previously a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and a columnist at Harper’s, he has written for The New Yorker, the London Review of Books, and Le Monde, among other publications. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly politics and current events show from Christianity Today moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor-at-large and columnist) and Mike Cosper (senior contributor). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. The Bulletin listeners get 25% off CT. Go to https://orderct.com/THEBULLETIN to learn more. “The Bulletin” is a production of Christianity Today Producer: Clarissa Moll Associate Producer: Alexa Burke Editing and Mix: Kevin Morris Graphic Design: Rick Szuecs Music: Dan Phelps Executive Producer: Erik Petrik Senior Producer: Matt Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm Clarissa Mall, here with senior contributor Mike Cosper to discuss what's catching our eye as the week begins.

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Marco Rubio's speech at the Munich Security Conference, the latest college campus measles

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outbreak, and the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Welcome to the show.

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On Saturday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave an address to the Munich Security Conference

1:14.7

in which he called Europe to a new Western century. Mr. Rubio described that century as one

1:20.2

rooted in the Judeo-Christian heritage of the West, distinguished by sovereign military might and

1:25.9

robust immigration policy,

1:27.7

and defined by a renewed transatlantic alliance that he described like this.

1:32.6

An alliance ready to defend our people, to safeguard our interests,

1:36.9

and to preserve the freedom of action that allows us to shape our own destiny,

1:41.1

not one that exists to operate a global welfare state and atone for the purported

1:46.0

sins of past generations.

1:48.0

Mike, last year, Vice President Vance attended the Munich Security Conference and gave a speech

1:53.0

that media outlets broadly described as a takedown of Europe, saying this.

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And unfortunately, when I look at Europe today, it's sometimes not so clear what happened

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